Lube-Tips

Lubrication Tips for
Reliability Professionals

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Today's Tip

• It is very important to calibrate your grease guns. Many lube techs don't know how much grease they are applying when using a particular gun. Some guns apply twice as much as others with the same single stroke of the gun. Every gun should be calibrated and labeled with the type of grease in the gun and the number of pumps per ounce (then dedicated to that grease alone).

  To calibrate, pump grease into a tablespoon until level full. Double the number of pumps (shots) and you have pumps (shots) per ounce. (Tip submitted by Mike Fitch, Temple-Inland. Thanks Mike!)

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